H8623 H8623
one stronger, the mighty one (comparative form: someone stronger than another)
This adjective, borrowed from Aramaic, means 'mighty' or 'strong,' and in Ecclesiastes 6:10 appears in a comparative construction with מִן: 'one stronger than he.' The context discusses human inability to contend with one who is mightier—likely referring to God or fate. The term is rare in Biblical Hebrew but common in Aramaic and Syriac, reflecting the influence of these cognate languages on late Biblical Hebrew. The comparative sense is crucial: not merely strong, but stronger than the human attempting to argue or strive.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes someone who is stronger or mightier in a comparative sense—specifically, stronger than the human who might try to contend or dispute. Ecclesiastes 6:10 uses this Aramaism to assert human limitation: one cannot contend with 'the one who is stronger than he.' The context suggests divine sovereignty or inexorable fate—whatever has been determined cannot be challenged because the determining power is 'stronger.' Spanish '(el que es fuerte)' and English 'one stronger' capture the comparative dimension. The term reflects linguistic borrowing from Aramaic, where תַּקִּיף is common vocabulary for 'mighty.' 1×
AR["مِنْهُ"]·ben["যে-শক্তিশালী"]·DE["[(שתקיף)]"]·EN["one-stronger"]·FR["(שתקיף)"]·heb["שׁ-תקיף"]·HI["जो-ताकतवर-है"]·ID["yang-lebih-kuat"]·IT["one-stronger"]·jav["ingkang-langkung-kiyat"]·KO["그-강한-자"]·PT["(aquele-que-é-forte)"]·RU["тем-кто-силен"]·ES["(el-que-es-fuerte)"]·SW["aliye-na-nguvu"]·TR["ki-guclu"]·urd["طاقتور-جو"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תַּקִּיף adj. mighty (Aramaic תַּקִּיף, ܬܰܩܺܝܦ );—c. מִן comp. Ec 6:10.